Hi Iceman - lots to tell about what we do around here - and probably will, in due course *smile*. But since I have to rush off for the moment, I will leave you with the url of my local club here in Cape Town:
http://assa.saao.ac.za/capecentre/ I'm kind of assistant cook & bottle washer there at the moment (Vice Chair, unofficial webmaster, editor etc) and if you want to, you are welcome to download the latest version of our newsletter.
I also have a website of my own of a more international nature -
http://www.thenewradiant.com and have been hoping to see more people from Aus & NZ there. I have a "thing" about Astronomy being something to be shared by people all over the world and am even attempting a series of lectures on the subject. First two were on..... Astronomy in NZ & Aus. Was supposed to be one lecture only but there is so much going on in Aus (even from what I could gather on the Net) that it took me two lectures.
Gave me a great deal of respect for Astronomy in Australia to do the research!
Hope to look in often - meanwhile thanks for allowing me here into your community. It is really a great one from what I have seen.